Employment Effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions

Pauline Leung; Alexandre Mas

doi:10.1111/irel.12207

Employment Effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions

Pauline Leung, Alexandre Mas

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

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We examine whether the recent expansions in Medicaid from the Affordable Care Act reduced “employment lock” among childless adults who were previously ineligible for public coverage. We compare employment in states that chose to expand Medicaid versus those that chose not to expand, before and after implementation. We find that although the expansion increased Medicaid coverage by 3.0 percentage points among childless adults, there was no significant impact on employment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	206-234
Number of pages	29
Journal	Industrial Relations
Volume	57
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12207
State	Published - Apr 2018

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Industrial relations
Strategy and Management
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Management of Technology and Innovation

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